Lord Vermiculus ponders what the head of House Vigilum says, it makes a lot of sense. Finally he makes a decision, "You men stand before me by the graces of the very man who brought you here. I wanted you and your families dead, but he thinks it's better to exile you. So I shall do that. But, I cannot let your treason go unpunished. You are all hereby exiled, your lands forfeit and your names meaningless. Your families will remain here, so that if you ever return to these lands, I will send them to you, one piece at a time." The guards take them men to the docks and pop them on a ship bound to the north. The families are removed from their estates and put into the fanciest inn in the capital. Their lands given to Houses Nobilis, Fregit, Opulentus and Avarus, four new Houses that supported House Vermiculus in its claims.